
- #SOMETHING IN THE RAIN SERIES#
- #SOMETHING IN THE RAIN TV#
In February 2022, it was confirmed that Something in the Rain is set for an Indian remake.
#SOMETHING IN THE RAIN TV#
This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters ( KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research. Original soundtrack Something in the Rain OST Īs a result of the drama's commercial success, a three-day reward vacation to Japan was awarded to the cast and the crew which was scheduled from May 29–31, 2018. The first script reading of the cast was held on January 25, 2018, at JTBC building in Sangam-dong. Cho Soo-hyang as Joon-hee's friend (Ep.
Z.Hera as Gyu-min's new girlfriend (Ep.Yoon Jong-suk as Kim Seung-chul, Joon-hee's colleague and university friend.
Oh Ryong as Lee Gyu-min, Jin-ah's ex-boyfriend, a lawyer from a well-respected family. Oh Man-suk as Yoon Sang-ki, Jin-ah's father.
Gil Hae-yeon as Kim Mi-yeon, Jin-ah's mother, who is obsessed with finding Jin-ah a husband from a well-regarded family. Wi Ha-joon as Yoon Seung-ho, Jin-ah's younger brother and Joon-hee's best friend. Kim Jong-tae as Jo Kyung-sik, CEO of the coffee franchise. Park Hyuk-kwon as Nam Ho-gyun, vice president & director of the coffee franchise, whom Gong Cheol-goo reports to. Lee Chang-hoon as Choi Joong-mo, deputy chief. Seo Jeong-yeon as Jung Young-in, vice president & marketing director of the coffee franchise. Lee Hwa-ryong as Gong Cheol-goo, deputy chief who manages Jin-ah and other store supervisors, unpopular among female subordinates due to his behavior. Lee Joo-young as Lee Ye-eun, youngest colleague of Jin-ah. Joo Min-kyung as Geum Bo-ra, a veteran colleague that Jin-ah can confide in. Jung Yoo-jin as Kang Se-young, the most popular and ambitious colleague of Jin-ah she requests to supervise Kyung-seon's store as a result of having a crush on Joon-hee. Jang So-yeon as Seo Kyung-seon, Joon-hee's older sister age 35 and Jin-ah's best friend who runs a coffee shop. While getting reacquainted with his older sister's best friend Jin-ah, he protects her a couple times and falls in love with her. He has returned to the country from his work in the USA after three years. Jung Hae-in as Seo Joon-hee, Kyung-seon's younger brother age 31 who is a character animation designer at a computer video game company. After being dumped by her boyfriend, she suddenly develops romantic feelings towards her best friend's younger brother Joon-hee. Despite being an easygoing person, she lives a rather hollow life. Son Ye-jin as Yoon Jin-ah, a single woman age 35 who works as a store supervisor in a coffee franchise. Food Taboos: Usually if an older woman buys a younger male food frequently, it's because of a brother-sister relationship. If you pour for yourself, it indicates a fractured relationship. Drinking Taboos: It is customary to pour your colleague's glass first before and vice versa. Career Taboos: Women are expected to go out and be flirtatious during team dinners to show they value "team unity". Job Taboos: People should only associate with people who are of a certain educational background, occupational position, or wealthy class status. Familial Taboos: People who grow up without parents or present parental figures are considered "unfit" for marriage. Dating Taboos: An older female dating a younger male is considered scandalous. The driving narrative around the story centers around South Korean taboos concerning relationships. A culture considered to be normal but unspoken among South Korean companies about sexism.
The episodes give an intimate look into how they fall in love, struggle with their age differences (considered to be Taboo in some circles), and find the courage to go public with their relationship to everyone around them.Ī secondary storyline is about the struggles female employees face in the company Jin-ah where she is employed as they try to climb the corporate ladder amidst severe sexual harassment, mistreatment, discrimination, and career sabotage from their male managers. When he returns from working abroad, he reconnects with Jin-ah - who also happens to be best friends with Joon-hee's sister since childhood. Jin-ah ( Son Ye-jin) is a district supervisor in her 30s at the coffeehouse franchise Coffee Bay (an actual Korean chain) and Joon-hee ( Jung Hae-in) is an animator in his early 30s at video game developer Smilegate Entertainment.
#SOMETHING IN THE RAIN SERIES#
The series explores the relationship of two people as they go from being "just acquaintances" to "a genuine couple".